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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Feminisation"”.
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The 'feminisation' of psychology in South Africa
This study investigates the gender trends within psychology since 1990 using a quantitative assessment of enrolments and graduations, professional registrations, academic staff composition, and publication output in psychology in South Africa. Among the current trends, five are noteworthy: the …
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Vulnerable children, schooling and the feminisation of the AIDS pandemic in Zambia
… and also how this relates to the continuing feminisation of the HIV and AIDS pandemic in Zambia. The study was based on the premise that the girl child is disadvantaged in this area, and the HIV and AIDS pandemic in worsening the situation for female orphans and vulnerable children.
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The feminisation of poverty and victimhood in Dangarembga's print oeuvre: Cyclical evocations of nervous conditions, survival, and agency
Feminisation of poverty is a term that was coined by Diana Pearce in 1976 after observing an increased concentration of income poverty among women in America (Peterson, 1987). This term was applied in the analysis of Tsitsi Dangarembga’s oeuvre, mainly focusing on the victimhood, cyclical …
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Recrafting the hologram: A practice-based investigation into the feminisation and democratisation of holography through a glass-maker’s lens.
… with holographic artefacts to explore themes of feminisation, wonder, democratisation, and value, through anti-hierarchical practice and the sharing of knowledge. Historically, holography fell victim to the gendering of skills, despite the trending social movements occurring during the time in …
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'Feminisation and outsourced work' : a case study of the meaning of 'transformation' through the lived experience of non-core work at the University of Cape Town
This dissertation examines the meaning of university 'transformation' from the perspective of workers in 'non-core' zones of work. Mergers, outsourcing, retrenching and rightsizing, have become features of the post-apartheid higher education landscape; and they seem set to remain. Through higher …
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Engendering familial citizens: Serial-viewing among middle-class women in urban India
… inflected serials, has come to represent the feminisation of television in India. The manner in which differentially located women engage with these narratives of idealized family and womanhood suggests certain specific gendered ways in which television mediates women’s discursive access to …
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Psychological Counselling in Russia: The Making of a Feminised Profession
… and analyses how gender shapes the processes of feminisation and professionalisation in this field. The post-perestroika period saw a rapid rise in the popularity of psychology and the expansion of therapy services, which were banned before 1989 for ideological reasons (Balachova et al. 2001; …
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Consumption of furniture and furnishings for the home in the West Midlands using local suppliers 1760-1860
… of using textiles. This has been called the feminisation of interiors. How social and cultural changes affected provincial homes is studied, firstly by analysing the furniture trade for a number of towns in the West Midlands which experienced different social and commercial development. …
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The Growth of Trade Unionism in the London clearing banks, 1960-1970:a sociological interpretation
… attempt to assess the sociological impact of the feminisation of routine white collar occupations on the growth of white collar unionism and the class identification of white collar workers.
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Gender equality in employment in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region
… of statist theories and the trend towards the 'feminisation' of poverty are explored. It is here that the desirability of regional harmonisation of labour standards becomes evident, as does the need for proactive state intervention aimed at addressing persisting cycles of entrenched gender …
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A comparative study of gender-based linguistic reform across four european countries
… there is no consistent strategy regarding the feminisation of occupational nomenclature in the four languages, the common intention has been to make the language of communication gender-inclusive. The study offers a contribution to the existing work in the area of cross-cultural research. …
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Career strategies in public relations: constructing an original tapestry paradigm.
… considers career implications of increased feminisation of the occupation and responds to calls for greater research into the intersection of work and family lives in that context. An historical perspective underpins the thesis by exploring the origins of public relations careers and …
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Older indigent women’s economic crimes: Subsuming feminism in favour of a human rights explanation
… contributing to their impoverished status. The feminisation of poverty, the segregation of women into low-paid feminine occupations and an accumulation of disadvantages over the life course often contribute to women’s impoverishment in their later years. Potentially, law-abiding older women are …
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Labour force participation among African female migrants in South Africa: the case of Gauteng province
… The government should also encourage the feminisation of migration, which will increase women’s empowerment and involvement in economic growth.
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''We have the knitting circle, and they call it ‘stitch and bitch’... Is a male really going to want to stitch and bitch?'': Engaging Elderly Male Extra-Care Tenants in Social Activities
… should consider exploring the impact of the feminisation of care-settings on men.
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Psycho-endocrinological aspects in aging males and transsexual persons
… resulting in –to a great extent- irreversible feminisation and masculinization. We aimed to describe the Ghent hormonal treatment regimen for the first time, to explain the rationale behind it and to evaluate its long-term safety (Chapter 6).
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The political economy of gender inequality in South Africa: Why unpaid care work should be recognised in economic policy
… exacerbate gender inequality further due to the feminisation of care responsibilities. On this basis, it is argued that the government's fiscal response to the pandemic is not gender neutral and should be refused. A human rights based approach is argued to be more aligned with the state's duties …
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Sexual behaviour among Ugandan university students: A gender perspective
Feminisation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is an important public health concern. Therefore, it is crucial that we understand the various risk factors that shape unsafe sexual behaviours among young people in Uganda. The overall aim of this thesis was to gain a deeper understanding …
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Professionalisation or polarisation? : economic restructuring and changes in Cape Town's labour market
… sector growth, while leading to increased feminisation of the workforce, also causes women to be segregated into low-skill, low-pay service jobs. However, the data for Cape Town concurred with other author's data that showed that the occupational distributions of both women and men are …
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An Arts Based Narrative Inquiry into Learning in an Early Childhood Education and Care Degree
… raises questions about the marginalisation and feminisation of childcare in Ireland. Of significance in this study are the ways that learners demonstrate their own agency within limited subject positions and the power of education to provide a route to exhibit and express a personal identity …
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